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Rovaniemi in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Rovaniemi is cold: highs near 22°F, lows near 9°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 22 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Rovaniemi is cold: highs near -6°C, lows near -13°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
22°F-6°Caverage
Low
9°F-13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
4h 19mon average

Is January a good time to visit Rovaniemi?

January sits outside Rovaniemi's best months, which run from July. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 22°F in January, against 21°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near -6°C in January, against -6°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in January, against 30% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

79% cover in January, against 56% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

4h 19m in January, against 2h 37m to 23h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December26°-3°low 14°low -10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January22°-6°low 9°low -13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February21°-6°low 9°low -13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Rovaniemi sits, in January

Europe/Helsinki
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
10:21 AMsets 2:30 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
66.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Saariselkä225 km north

The land around Rovaniemi, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Finland in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Rovaniemi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Rovaniemi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.